The California Society for Histotechnology will hold its annual
Symposium/Convention from May 18 through the 21st at the Park Plaza Hotel in
Burlingame California (approx 15 miles south of San Francisco).  The program
is as follows:

Thurs May 18th
Optimization of Protein and Nucleic Acid Detection in Cells and Tissues,
Abizar Lakdawalla.
Idiosyncrasies of Immunohistochemistry, Ethel Macrea
The Basics of Frozen Sectioning, Dale Newland
Understanding Molecular Biology, Ada Feldman
Digital Image Capturing for Microscopy, Jackie Kristoff and Eric Wishan

Friday May 19th
Antibodies Two by Two, Ethel Macrea
The Biology and Nomenclature of Cancer, David Tacha
Bacterial Transformation, V. Celeste Carter
Basic Immunohistochemistry Plus New Technological Breakthroughs, April
Esquibel
Histology Mystery Theatre, Joan Vesey
A Novel Method to Observe DNA by Gene Amplification, William Sweet

Saturday May 20th
Some Laboratory "Odds and Ends", Jon Wagner
Practice of Final FDA Rule on Immunohistochemistry, Paul Ardi
Cryotomy with Emphasis on Immunofluorescence, Diane Miller and Kimberly
Adolphson
Troubleshooting H&E Problems, Ada Feldman

Sunday May 21st
Microwave Workshop, Diane Miller and Kimberly Adolphson
Antibody Panels and Immunohistochemistry, David Tacha
Fixatives and Non-Formalin Fixatives, Rudy Gutierrez


Vendors will also be exhibiting all of the latest histology equipment and
supplies on Thurs, Fri and Sat.
Anyone wishing a copy of the program mailed to them which contains abstracts
of all the workshop and registration information, please contact:
Shirley Chu at 650-752-0239 or send an e-mail to:  schu@deltagen.com